Kwakungo-1919 lapho uCitroën azalwa khona , umkhiqizi waseFrance oye wagqama kuwo wonke umlando wawo wekhulunyaka ngenxa yokusungula nokusha, ngaphandle kokukhohlwa, yiqiniso, ukunethezeka. Isiphi isizathu esingcono somkhosi “omkhulu nesiFulentshi” kunokufinyelela iminyaka eyikhulu yokuphila?
Phakathi kwemicimbi eminingi uhlobo olulungiselele ukugubha iminyaka eyi-100 yasungulwa, mhlawumbe ehlaba umxhwele kunazo zonke kwaba “Umhlangano Wekhulu Leminyaka”, noma “i-Rassemblement du Siècle”, ethathe izinkulungwane zezimoto esikhathini esidlule, samanje... future , eya e-Ferté-Vidame, Eure-et-Loir, France, indawo yethrekhi yomlando yomkhiqizi, ebone amamodeli afana ne-2CV ethuthukiswa lapho.
Uma sikhuluma ngezinkulungwane zezimoto asenzi ihaba — AbakwaCitroen baqoqe izimoto ezingu-5000! “Umhlangano Wekhulu Leminyaka”? Akungatshazwa.
Ithuba eliyingqayizivele lokuthola hhayi kuphela amamodeli aphawule umlando we-Citroën, kodwa futhi nokuxhumana nabalandeli bayo — u-Diogo wahlangana nombhangqwana wamaPutukezi oneqoqo… Citroën C6, indlalifa yokugcina ohlwini lozalo oluhle lwamasaluni amakhulu aseFrance no uphawu "double chevron".
Bhalisela iphephandaba lethu
U-Diogo akagcinanga nje ngombukiso, ethole ithuba lokushayela i-Traction Avant emangalisayo, eyaziwa kangcono phakathi kwethu ngokuthi i-“Arrastadeira”, imoto eyaduma kakhulu ukushayela amasondo angaphambili; kanye ne-2CV engagwemeki nencane, ukukhiqizwa kwayo nakho kwadlula ePortugal futhi kwaphela lapha. Kwakungomhla zingama-27 kuJulayi, 1990 lapho uphiko lokugcina lokukhiqiza iCitroën 2CV lwaphuma efektri yaseMangualde.
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